Janet Angelillo is a writer and literacy consultant who works throughout the country with teachers in grades Kindergarten through 8 to implement rigorous writing and reading instruction in their classrooms. Janet was a senior staff developer for the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project and a classroom teacher for many years. She has presented at many conferences and is the author of several books: Writing about Reading: From Book Talk to Literary Essays in Grades 3 – 8 (Heinemann, 2003), A Fresh Approach to Teaching Punctuation: Helping Young Writers Use Conventions with Precision and Purpose (Scholastic, 2002), Making Revision Matter, (Scholastic, 2005), and Writing to the Prompt (Heinemann, 2005). Her latest book, The Art and Practice of Whole Class Teaching (Heinemann)will be available in early 2008.
